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Linamar, Canadian auto-parts maker, to buy out Hungarian unit

Linamar Corp., a Canadian auto-parts maker, offered to buy out remaining shareholders in its Hungarian unit for an estimated Ft...

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Czech police examine new facts in Gripen fighter bribery case

Czech police say new facts have come to light in a five-year-old bribery investigation linked to the planned purchase of...

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Germany misses non-smoking target, law necessary

Restaurants in Germany, Europe's biggest tobacco market, aren't setting aside enough non-smoking areas, making legislation necessary, a government study found....

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Hungarian central banker-nominee pledges focus on inflation – extended

András Simor, the Hungarian government's nominee to head the central bank, said policy makers will continue to contain inflation support...

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Krasair Pays $1 mln for Hungarian Malév, will spend more

AirBridge Zrt, an investment vehicle for Russian billionaire and OAO Krasair owner Boris Abramovich, will pay Ft 200 million ($1...

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WHO asks Hungarian bird flu vaccine maker to help set standard

The WHO asked Hungary's Omninvest Kft, the company that said it developed the first human vaccine against the H5N1 bird...

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Hungary says public sector wage increases hinge on deficit

Hungary's government said future wage increases for public employees will hinge on reducing the budget deficit as much as planned....

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Hungary’s Gyurcsány expects lower bond yields on euro plan

Yields on Hungary's long-term bonds are likely to decline as the government and the central bank work together on a...

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Forint set for weekly gain as cabinet cuts deficit

The Hungarian forint headed for a third week of gains, benefiting from investors' optimism about the government's fiscal reform program...

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Hungarian Premier appeals for calm on March 15 national holiday

Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány yesterday called on political leaders to ensure calm on the country's March 15 national holiday,...

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Állami Nyomda, Hungarian printer, wins Irish government order

Állami Nyomda Nyrt, a Hungarian printer that makes the country's election ballots, won a government order worth Ft 100 million...

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Hungary’s Premier to choose new central bank chief in a week

Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány said he will name his choice for the next central bank president in a week....

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Siemens suspends employees for breaking antitrust law

Siemens AG suspended three employees who allegedly participated in collusion in the market for power transformers, three weeks after the...

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EU tells Estonia to aim for higher budget surplus

Estonia's government, with rising revenue generated by the European Union's second-fastest-growing economy, should use the expansion to run a higher-than-planned...

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Estonian January budget surplus was EEK1.4 bln as income rises

Estonia posted a state budget surplus of 1.4 bln krooni ($116 mln) in January as economic growth, the second-fastest in...

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More Than 200 WWII Explosives Found at Budapest Construction Site

Bomb disposal specialists recovered more than 200 World War II explosive devices and fragments at a construction site on Üllői...

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Hungary to Open Communist-Era Secret Service Files on November 4

Hungary’s government will make communist-era secret service documents public on Nov. 4, fulfilling one of the ruling Tisza Party’s main...

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Grandfathers and Revolutions: The Film Hungarian-Australians Tried to Ban

With the approach of the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Australian filmmaker Peter Hegedüs says his documentary on...

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Hungary’s Presidential Sándor Palace to Reopen to Visitors

The presidential Sándor Palace in Budapest will reopen to visitors from Aug. 1-8, the speaker of parliament, who is exercising...

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From Piquet’s Powerslide to Norris’ Triumph: 40 Years of Formula One in Hungary

Formula One’s arrival in Hungary in 1986 was remarkable long before the cars reached the starting grid. At the height...

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Hungary to Release Some Communist-era Secret Service Files on Oct. 22

Some secret service files from Hungary’s Communist regime will be made public from Oct. 22, the eve of the 70th...

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Mákos Pite and Red Dope

It’s spring, and the poppies of Hungary are blooming in the field. Sitting outside a café in Szeged, I’m munching...

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Budapest’s Renewed Citadella Reopening This Week

Budapest's Citadella will reopen to visitors on March 28 after a multiyear restoration that has transformed the deteriorating fortress into...

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Budapest’s Citadella to Reopen after 4‑Year Restoration

The historic Citadella atop Gellért Hill in Budapest has undergone a comprehensive four‑year renovation and is set to reopen to...

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Budapest Ghetto Wall Exhibition Loses Focus of Core Historical Horror

In some countries, a city’s “ghetto” refers to a historical quarter, long populated by an ethnic or religious minority, possibly...

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Hungarian Jazz Guitar Great Gábor Szabó Honored in Budapest

In October, a plaque commemorating quietly influential Hungarian-born jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó was erected at the site of his family’s...

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Ralph Brewster: the Would-be American who Couch-surfed WW2 Budapest

What existed on the plot now occupied by the Mammut 2 shopping mall on Margit krt? Who was Aladár Rácz?...

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Obituary: Péter Pallai – Revolutionary Fighter, Builders’ Laborer, Teacher, Journalist, Jazz Ambassador

Péter Pallai, probably best known globally as a BBC Hungary correspondent, won affection in whatever role he took on. He...

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National Flag Honoring March 15 Heroes Raised in Front of Parliament

The national flag was raised with military honours to commemorate the March 15th national holiday on Saturday in front of...